January 31, 2011

News
Death Penalty
Former Liaoning Senior Lawmaker Gets Suspended Death
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201101/20110130/article_462839.htm

Food Security
农产品面临巨大供应压力 农业部称将保护核心产业 (China to Face "Huge" Food Supply Pressure)
China Securities Journal, January 29, 2011
http://futures.cnstock.com/ncp/201101/1133819.htm

Hong Kong
City Says a Fond Farewell to 'Uncle Wah'
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=371be8307a2dd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
司徒华追思会两千四百人参加 (Attendees of Szeto's HK Funeral Reach 2,400)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/situ-01282011151649.html

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
耿和专访一：高智晟遭毒打以及家人遭遇 (Gao Zhisheng's Wife Geng He Speaks of Gao's Beating and Family's Experiences)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 27, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/01/110127_genghe1_report.shtml

Human Rights Defenders – Hada (哈达)
Family: Mongolian Activist in China Still Not Free
Associated Press, January 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mongolian_activist

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Still No Family Visit for China's Nobel Winner
Associated Press, January 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_as/as_china_nobel

Human Rights Defenders
Trial of Activist Artist in China Ends; No Verdict
Associated Press, January 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110128/ap_on_re_as/as_china_artist_trial

Land Policy
福州逾两百拆迁户和失地农民市政府门前请愿 (Resettlement Disputes Garner over 200 to Petition Fujian Municipal Government)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-01302011172900.html

Law
China Policeman's Son Gets 6 Years for Hit-and-Run
Agence France-Presse, January 30, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110130/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimeaccidentroadtrial

上訪村長「被車禍案」 明開庭 (Trial over Petitioning Village Official's Death to Begin Tuesday)
Ming Pao, January 31, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2001220/1.html

Media
Beijing Blocks Protest Reports
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704832704576113810779590744.html

Dark Times for Press Freedom: Watchdog
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4f5a8c3ee57dd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
City Finds Life Tough without Migrant Workers
China Daily, January 31, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/31/content_11942482.htm

Public Health
Family Members Beaten after Infant Boy's Death
Shanghai Daily, January 29, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201101/20110129/article_462734.htm

Religion
China's Religious Circle Pledge Harmony
Xinhua News Agency, January 28, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/28/content_11936490.htm